New Orleans From time to time I like to provide a report from one of our far-flung correspondents. Jeff Ordower, Missouri ACORN Head Organizer, and Jordan Ash, former director of the ACORN Financial Justice Center (who is now on leave) visited the Middle East in the fall including Jordan and Israel. This report was …
Category: International
Home and Homework
Tokyo The world is getting smaller, but waking up early to run, then taking a bus at 9 AM to Incheon, then flying from Incheon to Tokyo at noon and from there at 4 PM to Los Angeles to arrive at 945 AM on Saturday and finally to New Orleans by 525 PM, still …
Eating and Drinking in Korea
Seoul Frequently I’m an indifferent eater, and I avoid drinking especially anywhere around something as serious as work! The staff kids me for my “beers of the year.” My Korean comrade Na Hyodoo had questioned me closely about my unwillingness and restraint in this area, because it was soooo different from Korean cultural practice. Having …